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DINNER TO 
HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD 

GIVEN BY 

THE SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDLY 
SONS OF ST. PATRICK IN THE CITY 
OF NEW YORK, ON HIS RETIREMENT 
FROM THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT 
AFTER THREE SUCCESSIVE YEARS. 
FEBRUARY 17, 1906. DELMONICO'S. 



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PRESIDENT 

Joseph I. C. Clarke 



FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT 

M. J. Drummond 



Second vice-president 
W. Boiirke Cockran 



TREASURER 

John D. Crimmins 

COR. SECRETARY 

Joseph T. Ryan 



Andrew A. McCormick 
William J. K. Kenney 



REC. SECRETARY 

Thomas F. Conway 

ALMONER 

Edmond J. Curry 



STEWARDS 

William N. Penney 
George J. Gillespie 



Warren Leslie 
Edward R. Carroll 



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COMMITTEE ON SPEAKERS 

Morgan J. O'Brien 
John J. Delany John W. Goff 

Frank T. Fitzgerald Thomas F. Conway 



W. Bourke Cockran 
Joseph I. C. Clarke 



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James A. O'Gorman 
Constantine J. MacGuire John D. Crimmins Edward Farrell 

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Edward Duffy 



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C. E. Byrne 



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William Temple Emmet 
Peter McDonnell John O'Sullivan 



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M. J. Drummond 



Clje ^craliJsi of tlje #ael 

AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED TO 

JAMES FITZGERALD 

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK 

The topmost glory of a race is bound 

Within the gleaming virtues of its sons. 
Not by its carven gold shall it be crowned. 

Nor best saluted by its monster guns. 
Its crown shall be to fashion day by day 
The stuff of greatness from its common clay. 

Age upon age the worst that man could wreak 
On fellow-man framed Ireland's hapless plight. 

Freedom and learning — yea, the right to speak — 
Were trodden under in her bitter fight. 

Her head was bowed : her breast and feet were bare, 

But mind unconquered held her from despair. 

And when by random flashes gleamed a path 
That led to lands with freedom's flag unfurled, 

She 'rose amid the embers of her wrath 

With poets, scholars, captains for the world. 

And sent them forth to shame the broadcast lie 

That Ireland's glories were to fade and die. 

So from her common people rise revealed 
The knightly heralds of the deathless Gael, 

And lo, the boy who led the lambs afield 
Becomes arch-shepherd by the chancel rail ; 

The lad who drove wild cattle to the fen 

Commands wide armies in the wars of men. 

The youth who, clean of heart and fair of brow, 
Dreamed sunshine for his land by Shannon's tide. 

And to her cause made all his life a vow. 

To have and hold in days of shame or pride ; 

Who sought in ancient tomes her golden lore, 
And heard her far-off harps resound once more — 

Behold him, chosen of the free, to stand 

Before the marble altar of the Law, 
And lift the iron scales with steady hand. 

And fearlessly the sword of Justice draw 
To cut the nets the wrangling sophists throw, 
And smite the malefactor high or low. 

And him we honor at our board — our friend. 
Whose life is open, and whose judgment's just; 

In whose fine fibre strength and sweetness blend; 
Whose hand-clasp is the pledge of faith and trust; 

And best that in his heart and soul and face 
We see the stamp and purpose of our race. 

JOSEPH I. C. CLARKE 



RESOLUTION ON THE RETIREMENT OF 

HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD 

FROM THE PRESIDENCY OF 

THE SOCIETY 

At the quarterly meeting of the Society of the Friendly 
Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York, following 
the retirement of the Honorable James Fitzgerald from 
the Presidency of the Society in January, 1906, a com- 
mittee of twenty-five was on formal resolution appointed 
by his successor to consider in what way the Society 
could best express its appreciation of Judge Fitzgerald's 
services. He had filled the Presidential chair for three 
successive terms. Under his leadership the Society had 
progressed in all ways. The committee, whose Chair- 
man was Mr. David McClure, had, therefore, ample 
warrant for its conclusion, namely, to tender a banquet 
by the Society to their former President, accompanying 
it with a suitable gift of silver. The banquet was set for 
the evening of February 17, at Delmonico's, Fifth 
Avenue and 44th Street, and the great gathering that 
ensued testified unmistakably to the warmth of regard 
and admiration for the man and the judge in this com- 
munity. It was a brilliant representation of the power 
and influence of the Irish race in New York. Almost 
all the men of Celtic strain foremost in this city on the 
bench, at the bar, in the other learned professions, or in 
business, were present to do honor to the distinguished 
Judge. The representation of bench and bar of the 
greatest city on the Continent as seen at the banquet 
table was indeed remarkable. The President of the 
Society, Mr. Joseph I. C. Clarke, the widely known 
poet, journalist and dramatist, presided. 

Grace was said by Rev. Francis H. Wall, D.D. 



HEALTH OF THE PRESIDENT 

On rising to open the toast-giving, Mr. Joseph I. C. 
Clarke said : In accordance with the olden custom of the 
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, the first toast of the 
evening is one requiring little preface, and only needing 
that we should combine with it every good wish for the 
joy and lifelong happiness of the fair daughter, Alice, 
entering wedlock to-day with the man of her choice — 
to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. 



MR. CLARKE'S ADDRESS 

Atter the toast to President Roosevelt had been duly 
and warmly honored, Mr. Clarke said : 

Gentlemen, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of the City 
of New York: It is my great pleasure to rise this eve- 
ning, and as President of the Friendly Sons of St. 
Patrick, to enter on my duties by paying heartfelt tribute 
to the retiring President of our association. It was the 
desire and wish of our society to honor its retiring Presi- 
dent, and when I look around this hall and see this 
magnificent gathering, I say : fittingly have the Friendly 
Sons of St. Patrick gathered to honor him. 

For three terms has the Judge presided over the ban- 
quets and meetings of the society, and it has been our 
joy and our pleasure to sit beneath his genial, wise, im- 
partial and kindly sway and listen to the words of 
eloquence that rolled so freely from his lips, and to know 
that behind those words was something that came from 
the heart. It is not, gentlemen, the mere words that we 
utter, but the force of soul behind them that counts in 
this world of ours ; and when I look back over the three 
years of the society under the presidency of Judge Fitz- 
gerald, I can say that they have been three years of 
unexampled pleasure in the meetings of the society. 

I am not surprised that the society should turn out in 
such numbers to honor such a man. But, my friends, 
this gathering is something more than the gratitude of a 
society to its presiding officer. It is the voice of love of 
the man. It is the voice of admiration for the citizen. 
It is the appreciation of the man in public life who does 
honor to himself and to his race. These are the qualities 
that bring us here to-night; these are the things that join 
us heart to heart in raising our hands and our voices to 
say to Judge James Fitzgerald, God bless you ! 

And who is James Fitzgerald? Far away in the dim 
times of history, there was a family that came to Ireland 
from Normandy in the train of the conqueror. Not 
long had they lived in Ireland, not long had they had 
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learned to love the land that they came to rule and to 
rob. They were a noble race, albeit of piratical pro- 
clivities; but when they settled in Ireland they learned 
the sweetness, the gentleness, the tenderness of the Celt, 
and, believe me, in the eight hundred years that we have 
known them, they have proved a wonderfully strong 
breed, both in fighting and in loving on the side of 
Ireland. It fell to the lot of our poet, Thomas Davis, to 
write of the Geraldines; and what does he say of them? 

The Geraldines, the Geraldines ; rain wears away the rock, 
And time may wear away the tribe that stood the battle's shock; 
But ever sure, while one is left of all that honored race. 
In front of Ireland's chivalry is that Fitzgerald's place. 

But this race of the Geraldines that furnished such 
splendid soldiers to Ireland, suffered with Ireland, and, 
driven from their ancestral halls, under the providence 
of God, mingled with the Celts and became part of the 
common race, of the common soul of Ireland. It was no 
longer the question of Norman or Celt ; it was the ques- 
tion of Irishmen who loved Ireland. And of this race 
comes James Fitzgerald. 

When we consider that something about half a cen- 
tury ago the young Fitzgerald's first outlook upon the 
world took in the beautiful hills of Clare, the broad 
sweep of the rolling Shannon, and the lofty spurs of 
the Kerry mountains, we can well account for the fervid 
patriotism that starts at an early age and claims for 
its own the soul of James Fitzgerald. We may follow 
him from Kilrush in Clare up the broad reaches of the 
Shannon, to the city of Limerick, — the City of the 
Broken Treaty, — where he further learned the lesson of 
patriotism and the lesson of duty to his fellow-men and 
to his God. We may follow him across the ocean and see 
him, in the busy marts of this great town, a young man 
struggling for fortune, honorable, gifted, and prodigal 
of himself in the service of his friends. In America 
we find him thrilled with the spirit of the love of America 
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half-way on the journey over we are Americans. I 
remember that when I first saw the American flag 
floating over American soil — it was down at one of the 
forts in the Narrows — it came like a benediction to 
my eyes, and my yomig heart leaped when I saw it. It 
was not the sight of a new and a strange flag; it was 
the sign or emblem of something I was born to love and 
the love of which should last me through my hf e. 

ROOSEVELT AND FITZGERALD 

And so with James Fitzgerald. We find him a young 
man of twenty-seven entering the Legislature of New 
York. 

[A Voice: "The Gas House."] 

We do not, retorted Mr. Clarke, mind whether it was 
from the Gas House or any other house. If it were not 
for that accident of birth, my friend, it might end in the 
Wliite House. [Cheers and laughter^ My friend, and 
my friends, there is a house up in Albany which he may 
yet fill. [Renewed cheers and laughter~\ 

After the amusement incident to the interruption had 
subsided, Mr. Clarke went on : 

Four years later Judge Fitzgerald entered the State 
Senate of New York and there made a name and a mark 
for himself among the legislators of the State. There, 
too, he met a remarkable man. A year ago, on St. Pat- 
rick's Day, in this hall, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick 
entertained the President of the United States, and the 
opening words of his address were these : 

"It is a matter of peculiar pleasure to me to come to 
my own city and to meet so many men with whom I have 
been associated for the past quarter of a century." 
Then, turning to Judge Fitzgerald, who presided, he 
said: "For it was nearly that time ago. Judge, that you 
and I first met when we were both in the New York 
Legislature together." 

And that friendship has remained unbroken, because 
to-day, in spite of all that was making things busy in 
Washington, I received this message, which I was asked 

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to read to you and to Judge Fitzgerald in the name of 
Theodore Roosevelt: 

"Let me extend my cordial regards to Judge Fitz- 
gerald and wish him all success in the future." 

It is not, of course, my purpose to detain you long in 
demonstrating the beauties of the character of Justice 
Fitzgerald. Others who are here to-night will fill out 
details in a much more eloquent and much more know- 
ledgable way than I can pretend to. I have known 
Judge Fitzgerald for the last six or seven and twenty 
years, and the friendship that sprang up between us at 
the start has remained unbroken in the interim, and will, 
I trust, remain unbroken to the end. In Judge Fitz- 
gerald, we find a man of the highest reputation ; but, my 
friends, to me it is gratifying that James Fitzgerald's 
character equals his reputation; because reputation is 
what others think of us, but character is how we deserve 
to stand in the eye of Heaven. 

Mr. Clarke in concluding read, amid applause, his 
poem, "The Heralds of the Gael," which he dedicated 
to Judge Fitzgerald. (The poem is printed in full on 
page 7 of this volume) . 



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JUDGE FITZGERALD'S REPLY 

Judge Fitzgerald, in responding, said: Mr. President 
and Friends : The emotions aroused by the many acts of 
kindness displayed for me to-night are not of a charac- 
ter that is conducive to fluency of speech. My heart is 
too deeply stirred to make it possible for me, even in a 
feeble way, to give expression to my thoughts. When I 
see these hundreds of friends who are assembled to give 
me kindly greeting, and when I compare my poor mer- 
its with the splendor of their recognition, I can only 
exclaim from the depths of my soul, How good and 
noble are the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. To be a 
member of such a society is a great honor — a society that 
existed before the Government of the United States 
was formed, and during all of these years has unobtru- 
sively and consistently persevered in its works of charity, 
friendship and patriotism, and which, judging by its 
prosperous condition to-night, is bound to continue the 
same estimable labors for an incalculable time in the 
future. 

The roll of Presidents of the Friendly Sons, from 
Daniel McCormack down, is a roll of honor ; for a man's 
name to be inscribed upon it is not only a great distinc- 
tion, but it is a rich heritage to bequeath to those who 
come after him. The three years to which you have al- 
luded, sir, during which I have had the privilege of oc- 
cupying that office may have been years of progress, but 
very little of credit for that success can be justly ac- 
corded to me. Former administrations had made my 
road an easy one. My predecessors, for a full dozen of 
years, had, by their patriotism, their labors, and their 
work, brought the society to a foremost rank among 
kindred bodies in this city. David McClure, James S. 
Coleman, John D. Crimmins, Morgan J. O'Brien, and 
James A. O'Gorman had splendidly blazed the way. 
The unanimous and consistent support that I received 
from all of the members of the society made every task a 
pleasure and rendered the performance of every duty a 
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friction in our ranks ; it was only necessary to make the 
slightest suggestion to any individual member or to any 
committee and it was responded to with promptitude 
and cheerfulness, no matter what sacrifice or labor it 
might entail. 

HARMONY ALWAYS PREVAILED 

Or the Board of Officers who acted with me I scarcely 
know how to speak. The detail work of the organiza- 
tion devolves a great deal of labor upon them and it was 
necessary for us, in order to accomplish anything like 
good results, to meet frequently and to confer often. 
You, Mr. President, will bear me witness, for you were 
of our Board, that we never had, in all of these gather- 
ings, extending over all of that time, an unpleasant in- 
cident. Every step we took was taken unanimously. 
Everything we did was in perfect accord; and we never 
separated from any one of those numerous gatherings 
without experiencing increased feelings of respect, 
friendship and admiration for one another. It would 
be invidious to individualize, but I now return to every 
officer of the society, to the members of all the committees, 
and to the stewards, my heartfelt thanks ; and I take this 
occasion to proclaim the value of their services. While 
such men are to be found within our ranks, the future is 
assured. They are of the type that renders failure im- 
possible and guarantees success. 

Our membership to-day embraces the best elements 
of our race in this community, and experts upon the 
subject say that there are no better Irishmen to be found 
the wide, wide world over than are to be found upon the 
Island of Manhattan and in its contiguous territory. 
The esprit de corps of our Society could not be im- 
proved upon. We have no chronic faultfinders; no dis- 
satisfied spirits. Anything that cannot be done with 
general accord, we deem it wiser to leave undone. We 
have full ranks, an ample treasury, a distinguished mem- 
bership, a glorious record; but, grander than all these, 
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spirit of friendship for all mankind, irrespective of race 
or religion, that is as broad as the principles of Christian 
charity. 

GRATEFUL TO OLD FRIENDS 

To those outside of our ranks who are here to-night, I 
return my sincere thanks. I am especially grateful to my 
brethren of the Judiciary who are with us in such large 
numbers. It would be a labor of love for me to tell you 
how much I owe to all of these distinguished jurists, but 
this is not the time nor the place, and I can only thank 
them for the honor of their presence, and, while they 
cannot all be Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, I think I 
can, in your name, assure them of our confidence, re- 
spect and aiFection. 

To the members of the bar, of the medical profession, 
of the press, the men of aiFairs, the representatives of 
trade and commerce and other great metropolitan in- 
terests who are here, I return my thanks. I see about 
me many old friends — men who have known me since 
boyhood, who have been with me in dark and adverse 
days, as well as in bright and sunny times; men of my 
own race and blood, and men of other races; men who 
worship God before the same holy altar at which I 
kneel, and men who praise their Creator in different 
sanctuaries ; men who entertain the same political views 
that I do, and men who, on every public question, differ 
from me as widely as the poles; and it is my great 
gratification to feel that I enjoy the friendship and re- 
gard of all. May no act of mine forfeit their good 
opinion, which I value more than I value life. 

I wish to express my thanks to this veteran of our race 
(turning to Samuel Sloan) who, fifty-one years ago, 
was President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and 
who, in his ninetieth year, braved the rigors of a winter's 
night to come to this dinner in order that he might dis- 
play his regard for me. I thank you, Mr. President, 
for all that you have so kindly said, and for the way in 
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your expressions — expressions not alone in prose, but 
in the musical language of the Bards of Erin, whose 
role you so magnificently fill in this great Western Con- 
tinent. To be lauded by the pen of any poet belonging 
to the Irish race would be certainly a magnificent com- 
pliment; but what can I call it when the pen that in- 
scribes my praise is the same that wrote "The Fighting 
Race — Kelly, Burke and Shea?" 

I know, sir, that under your wise guidance the old 
society will move upward and onward to higher levels, 
to loftier ideals. I know that you will keep the atten- 
tion of the members steadily wedded to the memories 
and hopes of the old land, to the interest and welfare of 
the new— a connecting link, as it were, between poor, 
but proud old Erin, the historic island of our fathers, 
and mighty Columbia, beloved Columbia, our country 
and our home. 



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A ROOM FULL OF JUDGES 

Mr. Clarke, in introducing the next speaker, said: I 
can only say, gentlemen, that that high injunction laid 
upon nie by Judge Fitzgerald shall, I hope, serve to be 
my guide while I am destined to sit in this chair; but I 
think, after all, you will agree with me that it was a lit- 
tle turning of the tables for the Judge to plant thrills of 
emotion in my breast, when, really, they properly be- 
longed only in his own. He has reverted to the unanim- 
ity with which everything was done during his three 
administrations and the promptitude with which every- 
thing was acted upon that he suggested, but he failed to 
tell you that it was because of the breadth and beauty of 
what I may call the judicial smile with which he accom- 
panied his suggestions ; and, indeed, much of the pros- 
perity of this society of ours — a great deal of its 
orderliness and its subjection to the law of association — 
has been instilled in it by the remarkable succession of 
brilliant Judges of the Irish race who have filled this 
chair for the last nine years. When I look to the right 
of me, or look to the left of me, or almost anywhere in 
front of me, I am confronted by the sight of the majesty 
of the law. When you think that one whole court full, 
holding as many people as are hstening to me now, can 
be thrilled by the terrors of the judicial frown of any 
one of these judges present, j^ou can imagine in what 
danger you really sit to-night if you venture on the 
slightest infraction of the law. Therefore you may well 
respond to the judicial smile, you may well hearken to 
the voice of the Judiciary, and I am sure that you will 
listen to the words, the golden words, that will drop 
from the lips of Judge James A. O'Gorman, who is 
about to tell us of his experience of sitting on the bench 
in the same court with, and of observing the career in 
the Judiciary of Justice Fitzgerald. 



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JUDGE O'GORMAN'S TRIBUTE 

Judge O'Gorman said: No friend of the guest of the 
evening can contemplate this splendid demonstration in 
his honor without being impressed with the sincerity of 
the tribute and the merit that evokes it. There were 
many reasons why Judge Fitzgerald was selected Presi- 
dent of this ancient society three years ago. From 
his boyhood he was devoted to the ideals of his race; 
from his youth he gave support to every movement that 
promised help to his native land. To him the hopes and 
traditions and aspirations of his race were a priceless 
heritage of hallowed memory. 

As President much was expected of him, and he has 
not disappointed us. He has realized our highest an- 
ticipation, and the achievements of his administration 
have been so numerous and so notable that it is our proud 
boast to-night that the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick oc- 
cupy a higher place than the society ever enjoyed in all 
the preceding years of its history. But a brilliant ad- 
ministration as President does not account fully for the 
warmth and the glow and the enthusiasm of this greet- 
ing. He has other claims upon our regard. Honorable 
ambition confers many rewards upon its favorite: to 
some, wealth ; to some, honor ; to some, fame ; but we are 
told that the most valued treasure is the possession of a 
good name such as our friend has had in this community 
since that day, many years ago, w^hen he landed upon 
this island, a mere boy, an exile from that land in the 
distant seas to which we in this society all owe alle- 
giance. 

The wise men tell us that a good name such as he 
enjoys is a security that can never be destroyed or im- 
paired by the vicissitudes of fickle fortune. The world 
has not been unkind to our guest ; he has had a long and 
an honorable and a distinguished career, and there is no 
man to dispute that he well sustains the distinction which 
this long life of public usefulness has conferred upon 
him. Whether we regard our ex-President as a legis- 
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eminent judge, he has carved out a career for himself 
that may well excite the admiration of his friends and 
the emulations of those who strive for public favor and 
approbation. 

But while we honor him for his public service, while 
we are proud of the distinguished position he occupies 
in the State of New York, there are other qualities — his 
genial mind and his sweet personality — which are the 
passports to the affection of his friends. The public 
honors Judge Fitzgerald, his friends within the circle of 
the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick or out- 
side of it, are devoted to him, and I can only conclude, 
gentlemen, by expressing the hope that his future years 
may be full to overflowing of that happiness and pros- 
perity which you all wish him and his amiable wife who 
has been his companion and inspiration these many 
years. 



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In introducing the next speaker, Mr. Clarke said : Noth- 
ing could be truer, more tender, or more just than Jus- 
tice O 'Gorman's tribute to his fellow Judge, and I am 
now about to call upon another luminary of the bench 
to tell us something of the old times when he was asso- 
ciated with Justice Fitzgerald in the early days. I 
would ask His Honor, Recorder Goff, to address us 
to-night. 



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RECORDER GOFF SPEAKS 

Recorder Goff said: Mr. President, Friendly Sons 
and Guests: It has been generally shown by the ad- 
dresses which you have heard that when a man's life 
work makes an impression on his day and generation it 
ought to illustrate a great moral lesson, that success in 
life does not depend so much upon what is actually 
achieved as upon the ways and the methods used in the 
achievement. Whatever a man may succeed in, whether 
in intellectual or material things, or both, his life, to be 
worthy of consideration, should present certain traits 
and characteristics which of themselves should furnish 
the lesson of things to avoid or things to emulate. 

How bleak and barren is the life of a man who has 
achieved success merely in the material things of life 
without regard to the morality of his ways or his meth- 
ods! Such a life, while in existence, does not command 
the respect of fellow-men, nor, when ended, does it 
evoke their regret or incite example; but the life of the 
man who achieves success by honest endeavor, who is 
actuated by a noble purpose, who reaches his destina- 
tion by means that are honorable and just — that life 
unfolds a beneficence and it illustrates a guarantee of 
fidelity to principle, of devotion to duty, of loyalty to 
friendship. Such a life men love to honor. Instinc- 
tively we pay tribute to that which is good; we, of our 
own motion, when allowed to be swayed by our own 
best impulses, recognize that which is worthy of credit; 
and this evening's demonstration but illustrates the feel- 
ing in human nature to pay tribute to that which is 
deserving and to accord a just meed of praise for work 
well done; and, in according a just meed of praise, the 
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick do not indulge in a 
mere convention of social custom or the expression of 
polite and flattering sentiments, for it may be with 
truth and propriety stated that, while the Friendly 
Sons are generous and hospitable, they are, at the same 
time, critical and jealous — critical in their individual 
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crucible of life's trials, and through their brightened ex- 
periences and sharpened wits are enabled to perceive 
quickly the difference between the spurious and the real, 
the false and the true; and, in their collective capacity, 
they are jealous, for they have a rich heritage, mel- 
lowed with age, rich in associations and illustrious in 
names. And in paying this tribute, it is all the more 
valuable, because of the spirit which prompts it and the 
advantage of the recognition which directs it, and it 
should therefore be all the more valued and prized by 
its receiver. While it has taken a form of compliment- 
ing the guest of the evening on his retirement from the 
presidency, the true and pervading spirit of this demon- 
stration is a recognition of the virtues of life and the 
traits of character which made James Fitzgerald worthy 
of being chosen President of the Friendly Sons of St. 
Patrick. 

HAD THE DIVINE DESIRE 

Rarely does it fall to the lot of man to retire at night 
in obscurity and awake to fame in the morning. Such 
things have occurred, but when they have, men regarded 
them as phenomena, and contented themselves with 
marveling at what they could not explain. There is 
nothing marvelous in the life of Judge Fitzgerald. He 
did not capture men's imaginations by phenomenal per- 
formances; nor did he reach the presidency of the 
Friendly Sons of St, Patrick by leaps and bounds. His 
life has been a well ordered progression. Starting in 
youth unembarrassed by riches, but rich in intellectual 
culture, he conceived a desire — the divine impulse of 
desire — the desire not to have, but to become. I have 
called the impulse divine, for it is a force that has im- 
pelled men in every age of history that has recorded the 
achievements and the developments of the race. With- 
out it man is a clod ; he is feeble, tottering, and the slave? 
of circumstances. With it he is an animate, virile being-, 
strong in action, enlightened in purpose, controlling the 
fates until he masters the world. In every age, in the 

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tongue of every civilized man, in every record of ambi- 
tion, upon every page where human effort has left its 
trace, whether inscribed on parchment or limned upon 
the canvas, or carven in stone, no word has the sublime 
import to the human race as that simple word "desire"; 
and that desire James Fitzgerald felt and conceived in 
all its force, and he nurtured and cherished it to the 
fruition and enjoyment of honors of life which, to-night, 
are showered upon him. 

Few were his advantages, and except for Nature's 
endowments, he had no capital that would justify a 
prediction of the brilliant career which has followed his 
actions. Indeed, he was not free from certain filial and 
fraternal obligations which rested upon him, which 
obligations he discharged with a loyalty and a devotion 
which won the admiration of all who knew him. Some 
may think that these cares and responsibilities of youth 
are impediments to progress and development of youth- 
ful character ; but I think the better opinion is that they 
act as a steadying impulse; that they serve as ballast to 
the topsails of youth ; that they tend to make character, 
for he who is not true to his own cannot be true to his 
neighbor. 

Our guest of the evening early in life conceived a 
purpose and he recognized the difficulties in its accom- 
plishment. He had no false allusions as to what he had 
set before him. Work, patient and unremitting work, 
and a determination to be a man among men, to acquire 
the arts and graces which would enable him to partici- 
pate in the discussions of the great questions of the 
day ; to fit himself for the practice of a profession which 
was the most exacting in its demands, the keenest in its 
rivalries, and in which triumph was the most difficult of 
attainment. Even his recreations were tinged with the 
reflection of his more serious work. Things light and 
gay were tipped with classical and poetical allusions. I 
wonder if I would shock the confidence of the bar or of 
his brethren of the Judiciary, in the soundness of his 
judicial opinions, were I to disclose the fact that, in 
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he wooed the gentle Muse in rhythmic numbers, but, 
whether it was that she took offense at the attempted 
famiharity or that he became affrighted at his own 
temerity, I will not dare to say; let posterity decide. 
But, at all events, he never wandered far from the 
straight and narrow path which finally led him to dis- 
tinction. 

THE LESSON OF HIS LIFE 

He considered that every opportunity of life should be 
seized upon, every situation utilized; from every tree 
and shrub that grew along his path he plucked the flow- 
ers of knowledge, and stored them up to meet the 
exigencies of his after years; and he continued in his 
progress, without those advantages which sometimes are 
burdens. Indeed, it may have been well, because it 
frequently occurs that advantages already prepared to 
hand are but seldom availed of, and knowledge at- 
tempted to be impaired under comfortable circum- 
stances is rarely appreciated or assimilated. Rarely do 
we prize that which we obtain without an effort, and 
seldom do we value that which we win without a strug- 
gle; and the man who ascends to the pinnacle of a lofty 
mountain by toilsome steps can appreciate the magnifi- 
cence of the view, the panorama of beauty, the glories 
of sunrise and sunset to a far greater degree than the 
man who is conveyed in ease and comfort by a funicular 
railway. 

From your life. Judge Fitzgerald, a student may 
draw a truthful lesson that when a man conceives a pur- 
pose and nurtures a noble ambition, everything will not 
only invite, but lovingly impel him forward to the ac- 
complishment of the highest achievements of the race. 
Of the many that started with you on your journey, 
some, not deeming the goal worth the race, have slipped 
into ease and obscurity; others, becoming faint-hearted, 
have dropped by the wayside, while of those who con- 
tinued, few, if any, have reached the goal which you 
have reached and have harvested the honors and the 
rewards which have fallen to your lot. 

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To-night every warm heart in this room throbs with 
friendship and regard for you, and, of all those, no one 
expresses the wish more fervently that you may have 
long years to enjoy those honors and rewards, than it 
comes from the lips and the heart of the friend of your 
former days. 



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In introducing the next speaker, Mr. Clarke said : We 
cannot all be judges, and after what we have heard it is 
fortunate that so few of us hope to be poets : but Judge 
Fitzgerald, in extending his warm feelings to those 
sitting before him, mentioned those of other profes- 
sions than the law, and it will be my good fortune to 
introduce to you a gentleman of another of the learned 
professions, who has been a friend of Judge Fitzgerald 
from his youth, and a man who has been my friend from 
my youth, a man trained in the best schools of the heal- 
ing art, a physician of prominence in the City of New 
York, and who, in his earlj^ days, showed that disposi- 
tion to evince the qualities of the fighting race by going 
to the Franco-German War, with the Irish ambulance 
sent to look after the wounded on the side of France, 
and who, when the opportunity offered, was fain to do 
a little fighting for himself; who, in the course of his 
service of the liealing art, did such deeds that the Gov- 
ernment of France bestowed upon him the Cross of the 
Legion of Honor, particularly at a time when the 
bestowal of that cross meant, perhaps, a great deal more 
than it does to-day. I beg to introduce to you Dr. 
Constantine J. MacGuire. 



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DR. MacGUIRE on OLD FRIENDS 

Dr. MacGuire said : Mr. President and Fellow-Mem- 
bers of the Friendly Sons: I appreciate highly the 
honor of being asked to speak here to-night, and I have 
not any words to express my appreciation of the high 
compliment paid to me in the introduction made by your 
President. I feel singularly complimented and I thank 
you, sir, that among this assembly of sincere friends 
and warm admirers of the guest of this evening, I have 
been selected to speak to the sentiments of "Old 
Friends." 

There is no theme that appeals to the best in us more 
truly than that of "Old Friends." The memory of 
old friends, the friends of our youth, the friends we 
made when friendship was conceived, born, nourished, 
matured in the soil of love and affection independent 
of commercialism — ah! the memory of such old friends 
is a heritage to be cherished forever. Though friend- 
ships good, true, and lasting are made as we get along 
in life, yet the disinterested friendship of early j^outh 
or manhood is the one that stands the test of the strain 
of the petulant temper, the political difference, the 
rivalry— the things that go to sever friendship. Busi- 
ness interests frequently cause a loss of friendship; 
selfishness usurps the place of love and devotion. Time 
— time alone — is the arbiter that holds the old friend, 
and I can say frankly, honestly, that the crucible of 
time has proved the guest of this evening, the friend of 
all of us, to be free from all dross. We have the genuine 
article, all wool and at least a yard wide. 

In this great city of New York the attainment of 
high position in any of the walks of life is not easy. 
When it is gained it counts for more than in any other 
city of this great country — no matter what may be said 
of the Street Cleaning Department, the Police Commis- 
sioner or the District Attorney. I can say, too, that the 
percentage of men of success here in New York who 
do not deserve success is particularly small. Accident, 
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is always the fellow who knows it all; the fellow who is 
where luck never strikes; when luck calls at his home, 
he is always absent; the fellow who always thought the 
public had never recognized his merits; the fellow who 
is always ready to give advice to other people how to 
conduct their affairs. 

And I am reminded of a fellow of that character, 
who, a little time ago, traveling through the country, 
passing by a farm yard, saw the farmer feeding his hogs 
— feeding them with raw vegetables, carrots and po- 
tatoes—all those things that are given to pigs in the 
country; and this fellow, leaning across the fence, 
looked at the farmer, and he said: "Well, now, do you 
know that those raw vegetables that you are giving the 
hogs take something like from eight to sixteen hours to 
digest?" The farmer looked up; was interested. 
"Now," this fellow continued, "if you would boil those 
— cook them — those hogs would digest them in half the 
time. See what a saving of time." The farmer looked 
at him rather contemptuously, and said, in his peculiar 
way, "Hell, what is time to the hogs?" 

Ability, backed by industry, honesty and loyalty to 
friends, go to make success. Frequently it is said if a 
man succeeds beyond his fellows, "What luck! What 
blind luck ! He had nothing in him that I did not have 
except the luck." This is not so. He had that luck that 
first follows ability, and next the perfected fitness for 
presented opportunity. The rail-splitter would never 
have been the emancipator of a race, or the hallowed of 
eighty millions of people, if in the gloomy surroundings 
of a log cabin he had not fitted himself for the great 
destiny that Providence had made possible for him. 

The old and too freely accepted proverb, "Oppor- 
tunity makes the man, want of it the fellow," might be 
better changed to, "Opportunity sometimes makes the 
man, but more frequently shows the fool." Oppor- 
tunity came to you, sir [turning to Judge Fitzgerald], 
and it found you equipped with all the attributes to 
command success — the success that passed along, as has 
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time when you and Recorder Goff had started your 
careers, up to the crowning success of this night. 

Now, luck is a peculiar thing. In the matter of 
matrimony, I am willing to admit, luck plays a part. 
First, any man who is lucky enough to get a wife is par- 
ticularly fortunate ; but I know a few who have none ; I 
think the women have missed nothing in their cases. 
But when a man gets a wife, gets a helpmate so sweet 
and charming as is she who has done so much to make 
your success and your happiness, sir, then he is truly 
blessed. 

I am sorry for the bachelors. There are none on the 
platform — except His Reverence. But he is to be ex- 
cused. It may be said that he is better off — particu- 
larly when he gets home late at night from a night call. 
Speaking of calls, I must now talk shop somewhat. 
During my long career in New York I have been 
through many successive epidemics. Among diseases 
difficult to treat, but self -curable, is the hypertrophied 
head. Though you have had your share of the ills that 
humanity is heir to, JNIr. Justice Fitzgerald, I thank the 
Lord that you were never afflicted with or showed a 
symptom of that fell disease that has caused such havoc 
amongst some of our leading citizens. The hyper- 
trophied, or, more popularly known, swelled head, you 
have never suffered from. Neither your memory nor 
your eyesight becomes defective at the approach of an 
old friend, no matter what happens to be his station in 
life ; whether he is seated at the bench of the shoemaker 
or on that of the Supreme Court ; the same cheery greet- 
ing and the same honest grasp of the hand are extended. 
The traits and characteristics that made your friends 
love you in the old days and made your popularity pos- 
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Then here 's to the hand of friendship, 

Sincere, thrice tried and true, 
That smiles in the hour of triumph 

And leaves the best joys with you. 
It stands in the niglit of sorrow 

Close by when the shadows fall, 
And never turns the picture 

Of an old friend to the wall. 



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The President: We will now, if you please, extend 
the circle of acquaintance of the guest of the evening. 
In this great commercial City of New York, this indus- 
trial metropolis of the western world, it would not be 
fitting to advance the evening further without calling 
to the front as witness some one of those who have risen 
in the mercantile world and are among its leaders to-day. 
I would ask our First Vice-President, Mr. Michael J. 
Drummond to now address us. 



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MR. DRUMMOND ON OLD TIMES 

jMr. Michael J. Drummond: Mr. President, fellow 
members and friends of our honored guest: Listening 
to the addresses of the evening and remembering those 
so often heard in this banqueting hail, I am mindful of 
the fact that generally our judges, our laAvyers and our 
public men address you, and the standard of their speak- 
ing has always been high, filled with interest or senti- 
ment and with a lofty spirit of friendship or patriotism. 
Their profession lays the burden and their experience 
gives them facility and ease. I am simply a laj'^man, not 
a public speaker. I am injected into this programme 
to-night because I have had the honor of serving under 
Judge Fitzgerald for three years as the Second Vice- 
President, and because, in addition to that, I am his life- 
long friend. So you will please bear patiently with me 
while I recount briefly, in a simple and direct statement, 
some few pleasant memories of my early association 
with James Fitzgerald. 

Nights like these make us forget the troubles and 
burdens of a busy life, and afl*ord us the sweet charm 
and solace of looking backward to the early days, when 
cares and troubles were few, — and so I recall the scenes 
and acquaintances of m.y boyhood days. It was there 
and then I met James Fitzgerald. He ^^as in this coun- 
try only a short time, but he had gotten the American 
spirit. He was eager, alive to the advantages of educa- 
tion, looking into affairs. 

Among mv treasures of those old days is a copy of the 
"De La Salle Monthly" ; the date is October, 1869. The 
William^s Literary Union about that time gave an enter- 
tainment, and in mentioning the account of it, the editor 
dwelt upon an original oration by James Fitzgerald on 
the lofty subject of American patriotism. To me to- 
night it seems but yesterday, although it is some thirty- 
six years ago. The details of that occasion are treasured 
in my memory, because it was the beginning of an asso- 
ciation with our honored guest which has run on through 
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lad of slender build, rosy cheeked, bright eyed, eager, 
manly, lovable. 

In a later issue of that same magazine there is a refer- 
ence to a more ambitious undertaking. In the old 
Plympton Building, down on Ninth Street, the Celtic 
Literary Club had its meeting rooms. On the evening 
of November 23, 1870, a lecture was delivered there 
which I attended. The lecturer was only a lad, not old 
enough to vote, barely long enough in the country to 
entitle him to citizenship papers, and yet the pretentious 
subject on which he discoursed was "Government. Its 
Origin and Objects." The lecturer was James Fitz- 
gerald. I will detain you for one moment to read you 
the comment of the editor on the lecture. 

"Mr. Fitzgerald traced the existence of government 
from its foundation, explaining the changes that it has 
undergone as the world progressed, and illustrated its 
condition at the present day. He made an eloquent de- 
fense of the principles on which our government is 
established, and an earnest protest against those un- 
reasonable usurpations of power w^hich disgrace other 
countries. His plea for the independence of Ireland 
called forth the enthusiastic applause of the large 
audience assembled to hear him. The lecture through- 
out was well received and was a great success." 

Gentlemen, thoughts of just government, and hatred 
of oppression, a desire for an independent Ireland, are 
natural feelings in an Irishman. I know we have such 
thoughts and, thank God, we do have them, and we and 
the world are better for it. James Fitzgerald had them, 
and it is for that reason that he is the man that he is to- 
night, and it is for that reason we are here to honor him 

It may be of interest to you to mention a circumstance 
which probably had much to do in turning the thoughts 
of our guest towards a public career. It was in the early 
part of 1873, a neighbor of ours desirous of public office 
asked me to interest the young men of the vicinity in the 
formation of an organization for the purpose of advanc- 
ing his nomination. The candidate took the treasurer- 
ship, thus insuring the payment of all the bills. John W. 

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Goff was the secretary, James Fitzgerald the vice-presi- 
dent, and I modestly took the presidency. \_Laughter'] 
We all then were clerks, occupying humble positions in 
mercantile houses. To-night w^e are here again asso- 
ciated. John W. GofF is the Recorder of the great City 
of New York, James Fitzgerald is a Justice of the 
Supreme Court, and I— well, I am the First Vice-Presi- 
dent of the greatest Irish Society in the universe, the 
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. 

I esteemed it a high honor, as it was a great delight to 
be chosen to serve under Judge Fitzgerald as the Second 
Vice-President of this Society. During those three 
years in which I was associated with him in office, my 
faith in the soundness of his judgment became stronger. 
He is back in the rank and file again, but he is still with 
us. His friendship is ours; ours is his. His heart will 
never turn away from us and his tongue and his voice, 
always eloquent, will still be heard, and we shall always 
delight to hear him. And now, with a life-long intensity 
of affection and friendship, I join with you in express- 
ing the hope that he may be spared long to us, and under 
Divine Providence, may continue to rise and go along 
in the same old road, the way of progress and labor, of 
honor and religion, through all his life and up to his 
eternal reward. 



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At the close of Mr. Drummond's address Mr. Clarke 
said : I would ask you, gentlemen, to remain seated ; the 
best is yet to come. We have heard many silvery words 
spoken this evening. We have heard words of kindliness 
and friendship from the guest of the evening's associ- 
ates on the bench; from his friends in the professions, 
and, through Mr. Drummond, we have called back to us 
the echoes of applause in that hall thirty-five years ago, 
and, thank God, we are in a position to repeat them. I 
would now ask your attention for the words and the 
expressions of another of the Friendly Sons of St. Pat- 
rick, who already has been honored at your hands, a 
citizen of New York who stands high at the bar; and it 
is not the least claim upon our sympathies to-day that 
he also has had a joyous event take place beneath his 
roof, which is the parallel of that which took place in the 
White House to-day ; and I ask you all to give, with the 
kindest expression of your regard, with the best Avishes 
for the future of that young couple who v/ent forth this 
afternoon from beneath his roof, for their joy and hap- 
piness and long life — I ask j^ou to give a warm welcome 
to David McClure, for he, gentlemen, has a final word 
to offer in this gathering, and a final act to accomplish. 
I am sure when I say that his words will be silver}^ that 
the deed will follow the word. Mr. David McClure. 



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DAVID M'CLURE'S SPEECH 

Mr. McClure said: Mr. President and Gentlemen: 
By reason of my position upon the Committee of Ar- 
rangements, I am given the great privilege of saying 
a word or two, not at all silvery words, but words which 
relate to silver which is to be presented to Judge Fitz- 
gerald. It will be to your benefit and satisfaction that 
because of the hour and the fact that other speeches are 
to be made, my words will be very few. 

WAS ELOQUENT EVEN IN BOYHOOD 

I HAVE some reminiscences of Judge Fitzgerald myself. 
Over thirty years ago, I being then, as you may assume, 
a mere lad, ventured into Cooper Union one night upon 
graduating class exercises, and was attracted b}^ the 
speech of a young man whose name I did not then know. 
It was an Irish voice which attracted me, one even then 
eloquent. It was the figure of a young man, very slim. 
He has grown in every way since then. 

The committee did not know what to do in the way 
of a testimonial to Judge Fitzgerald. His friends were 
so numerous, the affection of the Society for him was so 
great, that we did not know what to tender him. First, 
we thought of giving him a house, and then remembered 
that another great man lost much of his reputation 
through the gift of a house. We talked about giving 
him an automobile but some of us knew that the very 
acme of disaster was to have an automobile ; and finally 
we wound up with a set of silver. A man in Judge Fitz- 
gerald's position might use knives and forks in carving 
up his enemies if he had any, particularly if they be- 
longed to the Appellate Division. The ladles are quite 
suitable to take a man out of the soup as well as put him 
in it. He may be relegated to using these implements 
in his every-day life at his every-daj'' dinner table, upon 
his every-day fare ; that is, the knives and forks in carv- 
ing his daily meal of canvas-backed duck and the ladles 
in disposing of diamond-back terrapin. 

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When Sir Charles Russell, who afterwards, by virtue 
of his ability, character and versatility, became, notwith- 
standing his race and faith, Lord Chief Justice of Eng- 
land, was carrying on, on behalf of Charles Stewart 
Parnell and his associates, the defense before the Parnell 
Commission, he, one day, dropped one of his papers, and 
one of the opposing counsel (then Sir Henry James) 
picked it up and handed it to him. Sir Charles said: 
"Where did you find it?" and Sir Henry said: "I found 
it where we all are, Sir Charles— at your feet." 

PRESENTS A SILVER SET 

We are all to-night at the feet of Judge Fitzgerald. 
We appreciate to the fullest extent his high character. 
I will not dwell upon or refer at length to the various 
positions in public life which he has so capably filled, but 
will speak more particular^ with reference to his connec- 
tion with the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. 
He has displayed an anxious consideration for its wel- 
fare. His connection witji the members of that Society 
has been so close that it excites a spirit not only of re- 
spect and admiration, but of affection from every mem- 
ber of the Society; and therefore it is that we are all, 
metaphorically, at the feet of James Fitzgerald to-night. 
Now, Judge, I offer to you for your acceptance this 
token of appreciation. It is unpretentious. It is of 
very little intrinsic importance. It carries with it very 
little, except a reminder of the volume of affection and 
respect which the members have for you. You ^^11 not 
need to be reminded of that fact, nor that, during all 
of your life, you will cany about with you the abiding 
regard, esteem and love of your associates of the Society. 
But some day, to those who will come after j^ou, it may 
be a pleasant reminder that, on a night in February, 
1906, there was a large assemblage at which you were 
asked to receive at the hands of your friends of the 
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick a reminder of the affec- 
tion, the love which they held for you. I know you will 
appreciate it, and I give you with this chest of silver, 

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on the part of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, the sug- 
gestion that with it goes all of their love, all of their 
regard. 



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JUDGE RETURNS THANKS 

In responding, Judge Fitzgerald, with great emotion, 
said: After all that I have listened to to-night, it is ex- 
ceedingly difficult for me to say a word. Judge O'Gor- 
man, my associate on the bench and old friend, spoke 
so feelingly about me that I felt if I only deserved a 
tenth of what he said I would have reason to feel ex- 
ceedingly proud. Recorder GoflP, who has known me 
equally long, spoke with an earnestness that recalled old 
times and brought back to memory scenes and faces of 
long ago. Dr. MacGuire, in his eloquent remarks upon 
friendship, not the evanescent feeling that lasts for an 
hour or for a day, but the sentiment that continues for a 
lifetime, touched me deeply, and the handsome allusion 
that he made to my wife filled me with sentiments of 
gratitude for his good nature, his kindly feeling, his 
loyal friendship and his manly action exhibited toward 
me and mine under every and all circumstances of 
life. And my good friend, Mr. Drummond, who evi- 
dentty is a methodical man and keeps a scrap book, 
recalled an ambition that I early had to be a poet, but 
which, fortunately for literature, was nipped in the bud. 
Your worthy President said so much in introducing each 
one of those gentlemen as to increase the obligation that 
I was already under to him ; and now my old and valued 
friend, Mr. McClure, presents me on behalf of the Society 
with this beautiful and costly gift, which will be ap- 
preciated by me and by the loved ones of my home, not 
only for its intrinsic value, but for the sentiments of 
kindliness and friendship it symbolizes. It will be ever 
treasured by them as an heirloom. It will, as Mr. Mc- 
Clure feelingly said, recall to me the kindliness and 
friendship, the many honors, and the generous rewards 
conferred upon me by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. 
I take occasion, following the suggestion of your 
President, to congratulate Mr. McClure on the happy 
event that transpired in his house to-day. An equally 
happy event took place in the White House. We con- 
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hope that the lives of both brides will be ever sunny and 
happy. For the beautiful gift I return my thanks, not 
once, nor twice, but a thousandfold. 

Mr. Clarke: Gentlemen, in announcing the close of 
the joyous, the gratifying proceedings of the evening, 
let me congratulate the Society of the Friendly Sons of 
St. Patrick on having so grand a man as Judge Fitz- 
gerald to honor as a guest, and to have honored him so 
splendidly. To one and all, good night until we meet 
again. 



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THE SEATING OF THE GUESTS 



David McClure 
John W. Goff 

Recorder of the City of New York. 
Francis M. Scott 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
James S. Coleman 
Michael J. Drummond 
John Proctor Clarke 

Justice of the Appellate Division 

of the Supreme Court of the State 

of New York. 
Chester B. McLaughlin 

Justice of the Appellate Division 

of the Supreme Court of the State 

of New York. 
Samuel Sloan 

President of the Friendly Sons, 

1857-1858. 
James Fitzgerald 

Guest of the evening. 
Joseph I. C. Clarke 

President of the Friendly Sons. 
Morgan J. O'Brien 

Presiding Justice of the Appellate 

Division of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
James A. O'Gorman 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
Frank C. Laughlin 

Justice of the Appellate Division 

of the Supreme Court of the State 

of New York. 
John D. Crimmins 
Frank T. Fitzgerald 

Surrogate of the County of N. Y. 
Henry A. Gilder sleeve 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
Dr. Constantine J. MacGuire 
W. Bourke Cockran 

INIember of Congress. 



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TABLE A 

Bernard Downing 
John F. Doherty 
Anthony McOwen 
Howard Constable 
George William Kemp 
Edward Kemp 
J. Edward Addicks 
William H. Kelly 
A. J. Dittenhoefer 
Mitchell A. C. Levy 
Bernard F. Coleman 
Austin Finegan 
Cornelius E. Byrne 
Peter B. Olney 
Edward J. McGean 
James F. McNaboe 
John Jerome Rooney 
Edward L. Parris 
Edmund L. Mooney 
Denis A. Spellissy 
John Slattery 
Terence F. Curley 
Hugh Slevin 
John O'Connor 
John P. Butler 
James A. Manning 
Charles J. Perry 
Joseph G. Geoghegan 
Edward F. McManus 
John F. Dingle 
Maurice H. Ewer 
Peter J. Loughlin 
Louis F. Doyle 
Stephen H. Keating 
T. P. Kelly 
Frank S. Gannon, Jr. 
J. Walter Gannon 
Joseph T. Ryan 



the State of New York. 
Daniel Noble 
Louis F. Haffen 
Dr. Charles E. Nammack 
John J. Delany 

Corporation Counsel of the City 

of New York. 
Dr. Charles Phelps 
Thomas L. Feitner 

Former President of Dept. Taxes, 

City of New York. 
Michael J. Kelly 
John R. Dunlap 
Joseph P. Fallon 
George E. Chatillon 
John J. Ryan 
John Morgan 
Thomas J. Byrne 
Edward Duffy 

Colonel 69th Regiment. 
William Schickel 
Lieut. John P. Everett 
James W. Hyde 
Patrick Kiernan 
John O'Connell 
Victor Herbert 
Joseph F. Mulqueen 
F. G. Corning 
Rollin M. Morgan 
John T. Brennan 
Lj^ltleton Fox 
Joseph M. Schenck 
F. James Reilly 
Robert Watchorn 
William F. Reilly 
Joseph Murray 
Peter J. Collins 
Edmond J. Curry 



TABLE C 



TABLE B 



Henry Bischoff 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
David O'Brien 
Farrell F. O'Dowd 
J. Henry Haggerty 
Peter P" McLoughlin 
Michael J. Mulqueen 
James W. McLaughlin 
Edward Roche 
John B. McKean 
David Gerber 
William F. Sheehan 

Former Lieutenant Governor of 



Robert A. Van Wyck 

Former Mayor of GreaterNewYork. 

Herman Ridder 

Isaac Guggenheim 

Augustus Van Wyck 

Former Justice of the Supreme 
Court of the State of New York. 

Charles W. Morse 

John F. Carroll 

R. Ross Appleton 

Emanuel Blumenstiel 

Henry Steinert 

Richard R. Hunt 

Philip J. Britt 

Isaac Fromme 

James J. Martin 



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Vincent J. Slattery 
John Fox 
John P. Caddagan 
Edward C. Sheehy 
Bartholomew Moynahan 
Mark W. Brenen 
Samuel Adams 
John O'Connell 
John O'SuUivan 
Sylvester J. O'SuUivan 
John J. Adams 
Frederick B. Tilghman 
John Lynn 
Charles W. Dayton 
William L. Briggs 
Gerald Fitzgerald 
William P. Mitchell 
James J. Duffy 
Patrick F. McGowan 
James J. McGuire 
Joseph F. McLoughlin 
Dr. Joseph J. Higgins 
Oren Root, Jr. 
Daniel M. Brady 
Henry Sanderson 
Frank S. Gannon 
Herbert H. Vreeland 
Stephen Farrelly 

TABLE D 

Myles Tierney 

James McGovern 

Dr. Samuel T. Armstrong 

Walter E. Frew 

Thomas M. Mulry 

Fred A. Smith 

John McClure 

Frank W. Goodwin 

B. T. Kearns 

Walter J. Drummond 

John J. Pulleyn 

John F. Joyce 

Dr. D. C. Potter 

P. J. Scully 

RajTnond F. Almirall 

George W. Adams 

Edmond J. Butler 

Michael F. McDermott 

Luke D. Stapleton 

P. J. Casey 

R. A. McCulloch 

Michael E. Bannin 

Sterling Potter 

P. J. Carlin 

Thomas J. Brady 

James Butler 

Hugh King 

Joseph J. O'Donohue, Jr. 

Peter McDonnell 



Nicholas J. Hayes 

Sheriff of the County of N. Y. 
William J. Fransioli 
Joseph P. Day 
John J, Kennedy 
Alfred J. Johnson 
Charles F. Walters 
Robert Huntley 
Eugene A. Philbin 

Former District Attorney of the 

County of New York. 
Robert J. Collier 
Grenville T. Emmet 
James W. Osborne 
William Temple Emmet 
Dr. Peter Murray 
Andrew A. McCormick 

TABLE E 

Thomas F. Bardon 
John V. Donahue 
M. J. Quinn 
F. J. Stoltz 
James Kearney 
Augustus A. Ireland 
William J. Farrell 
Roderick J. Kennedy 
George T. Coppins 
Joseph P. McDonough 
Daniel O'Connell 
James J. Nealis 
John J. Quinlan 
John J. Sullivan 
John B. McDonald 
Edward J. Farrell 
James P. Farrell 
James Mulhall 
Randolph Guggenheimer 

Former President of the Board of 

Aldermen of the City of N. Y. 
John C. Sheehan 
Miles M. O'Brien 
William L. Turner 
William C. Beer 
E. Clifford Potter 
Edward S. Clinch 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of Xev.- York. 
Charles F. MacLean 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
John Fitzgerald 
John C. McCall 
J. H. Rothchild 
Thomas Byrnes 
William W. McLaughlin 
John E. McGowan 
Dr. John J. Quigley 
William R. Delehanty 



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Dr. Daniel Elliott 
William B. Ellison 
John B. Mayo 
Edward B. Amend 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
Edward D. Farrell, Jr. 
Edward E. McCall 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
James Smith, Jr. 
John J. Freedman 

Former Justice of the Supreme 

Court of the State of New York. 
Edward D. Farrell 

TABLE F 

Martin T. McMahon 

Judge Court of General Sessions. 
Francis W. Pollock 
Rufus B. Cowing 

Judge Court of General Sessions. 
Thomas C. O'Sullivan 

Judge Court of General Sessions. 
Daniel J. Kenefick 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
Emmet J. Murphy 
Edward R. Carroll 
Frank S. Beard 
John J. Harrington 
William N. Penney 
Francis J. Lantry 

Commissioner Dept. Correction. 
William J. Clarke 
Samuel Wolf 
John H. Naughton 
John J. Lantry 
John V. Cogge}^ 
Terence J. McManus 
Edward A. McQuade 
Alexander McKeever 
John Hall McKay 
Peter Padian 
C. J. Ryan, Jr. 
James P. Keenan 
Charles E, Le Barbier 
Samson Lachman 
Herbert C. Smyth 
Thomas F. Donnelly 

Former Senator of the State of 

New York. 
Thomas F. Keogh 
John B. Finn 
Francis Higgins 
Jno. Williams 
Francis B. Delehanty 

Justice of the City Court of N. Y. 
Edward H. Warker 



Thomas T. Williams 
John Stewart 
James Dunne 
John R. Voorhis 
Edward F. O'Dwyer 

Chief Justice City Court of N. Y. 
Thomas C. Dunham 
Dr. S. J. Walsh 
William S. Rodie 
Samuel Seabury 

Justice of the City Court of N. Y. 
Lewis J. Conlan 

Justice of the City Court of N. Y. 

TABLE G 

Ferdinand D. Canda 
Dr. Francis J. Quinlan 
Eugene Kelly 
John C. McGuire 
William McAdoo 

Former Asst. Secy, U. S. Navy. 
John E. Kelley 
Thomas H. Kelly 
Vernon M. Davis 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
Joseph F. Daly 

Former Justice of the Supreme 

Court of the State of New York. 
James A. Blanchard 

Justice cf the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
Kdward J. McGuire 
Timothy Murray 
Abner C. Thomas 

Surrogate of the County of N. Y. 
James J. Phelan 
Adrian T. Kiernan 
John J. Phelan 
Paul L. Kiernan 
Warren Leslie 
James W. O'Brien 
David Leventritt 

Justice of the Supreme Court of 

the State of New York. 
Richard Deeves 
John Delahunty 
George Burnham 
Daniel F. Cohalan 
Dr. Bryan D. Sheedy 
John Quinn 
Kdmond J. Healy 
Richard J. Lyons 
Robert D. Petty 
Edward J. Stapleton 
John F. Cowan 
William J. Walsh 
Dr. John J. Morrissey 
Tlieodore Connoly 



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James A. Dolaii 

Charles L. Guy 

William A. Kane 

John Whalen 

Former Corporation Counsel 
the City of New York. 

Charles A. Hickey 

Henry D. Macdona 

Frank E. Smith 

Loyal L. Smith 

Thomas F. Conway 

TABLE H 

F, D. Cadmus 
T. J. Reilly 
John P. Dunn 
S. J. McArdle 
C. F. Collins 
Joseph M. Byrne 
John Moonan 
Michael Blake 
L. H. Lightner 
P. J. McArdle 
John L. Carroll 
James T. Smith 
Thomas Millen 
Laurence T. Fell 



A. C. Tully 
John Noonan 
J. E. Wallace 
E. J. O'Shaughnessy 
of Thomas M. Blake 
Thomas Lenane 
Thomas C. Blake 
Thomas Morrissy 
Peter A. Hendrick 
Daniel F. Treacy 
James A. Deering 
Michael J. Jennings 
James R. Deering 
James Plunket 
John D. Crimmins, Jr. 
P. J. Menehan 
William E. Wyatt 

Justice Court of Special Sessions. 
Frank P. Cunnion 
Cornelius S. Pinkney 
Arthur J. O'KeeflFe 
Isaac Bell Brennan 
Rev. Francis H. Wall, D. D. 
Pierre J. Carroll 
Martin J, White 
Francis O'Neill 
Alfred J. Talley 
John J. Lenehan 



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